Trimming or border for the edges of fabrics



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JOSEPH M. MERROIF, 0F MERROIV, CONNECTICUT.

TRIIVIMING OR BORDER FOR THE EDGES OF FABRICS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 414,235, dated November5, 1889.

Original application filed April 5 1888, Serial No. 269,772. Divided andthis application iiled March 22, 1889. Serial No.304,255. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH M. MERROW, of Merrow, in the county ofTolland and State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and usefulImproved Finish or Border for Fabrics; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, and to the figures and letters of reference markedthereon.

This invention relates to a new and iinproved finish or border forapplication to or use upon fabrics and other materials, but moreespecially designed as an ornamental finish or border for knit garmentsand other elastic goods; and it consists in a new article of manufacturecomposed of a base or foundation (preferably of fabrics in the form of astrip, tape, or ribbon, single, double, or folded, the edge of agarment, acord, a row or line of stitches, or any other form of supportpresenting an edge or margin) provided with a series of groups orclusters composed of stitches, threads, strands or loops attached to thebase or foundation at or near the margin, and the stitches, threads,strands, or loops comprising each group radiating from substantially thesame point, their outer ends being connected by an enchained orinterlooped supplemental thread forming a part of the margin of thecluster and connecting adjacent clusters together or to the foundation.

It further consists in certain special forms of embodiment of thegeneral features of the invention, as specied in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 illustrates the finish on an enlarged scale,showing one embodiment wherein the threads or loops of the clusters areinterlooped with each other and the supplemental thread. Fig. 2illustrates another embodiment wherein the threads or loops of theclusters are connected by the supplemental thread. Fig. 3 illustratesthe invention, on a reduced scale, as applied in connection with severalof the numerous forms of supports.

Similar letters of' reference inthe several gures indicate the sameparts.

The base or foundation A for the improved finish may be composed of anysuitable material formed or provided with an edge or margin a to receivethe clusters B. Thus the margin may consist of the edge of the fabric ora fold thereof, a series of stitches along the edge or margin of thefabric, a series or chain of stitches, a tape or ribbon, a cord, or anyother form of support presenting a margin for the application of theclusters and serving to retain the latter in position.

Each group or cluster B is composed of a series of stitches, loops,threads, or strands b, hereinafter termed loops, connected to thefoundation at substantially the same point b and extending therefrom onmore r less diverging lines. Thus in the example illustrated in Fig. 1the clusters are formed from a thread c, which is passed a number oftimes through the foundation or line of stitches thereon at t', andloops drawn alternately from opposite sides, the third loop being drawnthrough the two preceding loops, in accordance with the new methoddescribed and claimed in my application, Serial No. 260,57 3, filedJanuary 7, 1888, as a division of my prior application, Serial No.249,491, filed September 12, 1887. Within or along the margin of thecluster thus formed a supplemental thread or row of stitches d isenchained, thereby increasing the strength and body of the margin, andalso serving to retain the loops of thread c in position, preventingthem from being readily drawn or spread, so as to destroy thesymmetrical form of the scallop or shell. The supplemental thread canconveniently be inserted during the formation of the clusters byintroducing said thread each time a loop of the thread o is drawnthrough the two preceding loops, so that thev loop of thread d will bedrawn or eX- tend through the tWo preceding loops of thread c, as Wellas through the preceding loop of thread d, in accordance with the methodclaimed in my application, Serial No.

269,772, tiled April 5,1888. As is obvious,

however, my improved finish may be produced by other methods andmachinery or by handcrocheting.

In the example illustrated in Fig. 2 the series of radiating stitches,threads, loops, or

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vis shown herein merely as an illustration of the fact that the presentinvention is capable of modification in its application and adaptationto various styles and forms of stitches. It will be observed that in theexamples illustrated the enchained or interlooped supplemental threadforms a part and is incorporated more orless in the margin of theclusters or groups, being passed through each loop of the cluster andenchained or interlooped upon itself, thereby re-enforcing the edge,strengthening the connection between adjacent clusters, and preservingthe form of the finish. Moreover, a great variety of effects can beproduced by the employment of threads of different colors, shades,sizes, or materials.

It is not essential that the groups or clusters be connected directly,as they may be connected through an intermediate stitch or l stitches,and a variety of effects can be produced by varying the number ofstitches in the several succeeding groups or clusters. Preferably thetwo threads used are of different colors or materials, as indicated inthe drawings, thereby producing a finish of which the threads extendingbeyond the edge of the foundation are of one color or material and themargin of the finish of another color or material.

rlhis application constitutes a division of my prior application, SerialNo. 269,7 7 2,- dated April 5, less.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new isl. As a newarticle of manufacture, an ornamental finish or border consisting,essentially, of a base or foundation, a series of groups or clustersconnected thereto, each composed of a series of loops radiating' fromsubstantially the same point, said loops being composed of a singlethread passing back and forth through the foundation to bring the loopson opposite sides, and a supplemental 4thread connecting the outermargin of the cluster or group, substantially as described. v

2. As a new article of manufacture, an ornamental finish or bordercomposed of a base or foundation, and a series of loops radiating from agiven point in and extending beyond the margin of the foundation, someof said loops being on one side and others on the opposite side of thefoundation and re-enforced at their outer ends or the margin of thecluster by an enchained supplemental thread.

3. As a new article of manufacture, an ornamental finish or borderconsisting of a base or foundation, a cluster or group of loopsextending radially from substantially the same point and on oppositesides of and beyond the margin ofthe base or foundation, saidloopshaving their outer ends interlooped or enchained together and thecluster spread into scallop or shell-like form, and a supplementalthread interlooped upon itself and with the next succeeding group orcluster, and a sup-A plemental thread passing through each of said loopsat or near the margin of the cluster, substantially as described.

5. As a new article of manufacture, the hereinbefore described improvedYfinish or border, consisting of a base or foundation, a series ofconnected clusters or groups of loops, each of said clusters beingcomposed of a series of radiating loops the thread whereof extendsthrough and beyondthe margin of the foundation and on both sidesthereof, each loop on one side extending through two precedingloops, andthe last loop of one cluster being connected to a loop of the nextsucceeding cluster, and a supplemental thread or chain of loops runningthrough the margin of the finish, each loop of said supplemental threadextending through two of the loops of the main thread and a precedingloop of the supplemental thread, substantially as described.

6. As a new article of manufacture, an im'- of a base or foundation, aline of stitches applied along the edge or margin thereof, a secondthread engaging said line of stitches and extending beyond the margin ofthe founda- IOO Mproved border or finish consisting, essentially,

tion in the form of a series of loops, and a i tion, and a third row ofstitches intersecting the outer ends of the series of loops,substantially as described.

8. As a new article of manufacture, a finish or border for fabrics,composed of a base or foundation, a series of connected groups orclusters each comprising a series of loops connected to and radiatingfrom substantially the same point within and extending beyond the marginof the foundation-piece, the outer ends of said loops being interlooped,and a line of stitches composed of a supplemental thread of a differentmaterial, shade, or color from the thread of the loops, saidsupplemental thread being enchained Within the outer edges of theclusters of loops, as set forth.

JosEPI-I M. MERROW.

Vitnesses:

J. P. STORY, L. LEWIS.

